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A teenager in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced to life in prison after confessing to stabbing his parents to death.

An Iowa teenager pleaded guilty to murder in the deaths of his parents in 2021. Ethan Alexander Orton pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents 42-year-old Casey Arthur Orton and 41-year-old Misty Scott-Slade of Cedar Rapids. Police were called about 2 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2021, to check out suspicious noises coming from a home and found the then-17-year-old Orton covered in blood. According to a criminal complaint, he told police he used a knife to stab his parents and then used an ax on his mother when she appeared to be alive. Police say Orton admitted to killing...

AP 02/28/23 A Cedar Rapids teenager pleaded guilty Monday to murder in the deaths of his parents in 2021, using a knife and ax to kill them in an effort to "

A teen killed his parents with a knife and ax in an effort to "take charge of his life." The teen has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.

Ethan Orton pleaded to two charges of first-degree murder, just before his trial was to start Tuesday. He admitted to stabbing parents with a knife and then grabbing an ax and killing his mother who was still alive in 2021. He faces two life sentences.